Jermaine Jenas and Micah Richards both agreed that Nottingham Forest lacked the attributes that helped them to victory over Liverpool as the made "basic errors" in the weekend's heavy defeat to Arsenal.
Their critique echoed comments made by Steve Cooper himself after the Gunners won 5-0 at the Emirates on Sunday. He told BBC Radio Five Live: "Our whole competitive approach to the second half was just a million miles off where it needs to be, not just at Premier League level but at any level of football.
"I can't remember winning any duels or any tackles. We were not running enough - and that’s the bare minimum for the situation we’re in - hence why the game was completely taken away from us in the first seven or eight minutes of second half. We were miles off and that’s an attitude thing. That cannot happen again."
